Once upon a time in the distant past, I briefly worked for a hosting company called CIHost. It absolutely had to be in the running for worst hosting company in the world. The owner was narccissistic, abusive and habitually lied to customers. The pay was absolute garbage. All the employees hated it, and few people […]
These are the rough (unedited) images of the full set of eclipse photos. I had a tough time getting the focus right, and I feel like most of the non-totality images are overexposed, but it’s the best I could do for my first attempt at photographing a solar eclipse.
These are just some of the quick-and-dirty series of images I took during totality, plus a animation of the combined images.
Yeah, it’s 106F officially. And this is what happens in a car sitting out in the sun: First you can boil water on your dashboard… And don’t even think about sitting down in shorts…
Over the last 8 years of Obama’s presidency each time the Bureau of Labor Statistics [BLS] releases their unemployment numbers I hear a chorus of conservatives crying over the fact that the official unemployment rate does not include people who are “underemployed” (working part time or at a lower wage than they might normally be […]
So over the years I’ve had more and more friends make the switch from iOS devices to Android. Obviously I’m a big fan of Android, so I’ve decided to provide a list of Android apps and why I recommend or use them, so that these new Android users have a good place to start. This […]
In case anyone ever wanted to know what a herniated disc looks like. This is an MRI image of my lower spine. The main section of cartilage, between L5 and S1 [with the arrow pointing to it] is seriously herniated and is pushing against the nerves which go down into my right leg, which is […]
Here are some shots from Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, CA. There are some really interesting erosion patterns in the rocks.
Note: I will expound on the story behind these pictures at a later date. For now I just want to get the pics up….
It’s a fair bet that most parents have experienced seemingly innocuous statements which, when spoken by an innocent child, attain a cosmic truth and beauty that no other utterance can possibly match. Such a statement by a child brightens the entire universe. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. An otherwise innocuous statement by an innocent […]